I've been waiting for this for forever!!! Its a full 3D CGI film that promises a more true-to-Heinlein source material story and set pieces. Basically, lots of epic Power Armour, and lots of Bugs. Nuff said.

Director Shinji Aramaki mentions how the original 1988 Japanese Starship Troopers OVA captured his imagination and made him an instant fan as a child, and now that he has a chance to pay some homage to his inspiration I really like how he references bits of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sta… 1988 armour design in the new powersuit. I'm also really excited to see what the Marauder exo armour would turn out to look like....

Suffice to say, when I was in my teens and I saw this power armour design on the net, it blew my mind and left such a lasting impression that few post 80's mecha designs have come close to taking my breath away like the 1988 Powered Armour did.

Also just as a personal note: For the longest time I've found it interesting (and maybe its just me) how much HALO's master chief's bust/helmet design detail and colour plan remind me of the 1988 PA design and styling. Perhaps when looking for inspiration, Bungie stumbled upon Kazutaka Miyatake's work? If that was indeed the case, I wholeheartedly agree with their taste and direction And if not... then John 117 is still cool either way..!

I finally saw it and it was pretty fun stuff, though I wish they spent more time on the violence fx and animation, not to mention the weapon effects. Seeing how most of the film is gunporn anyway.. I thought they could do a better job with it. Oh, and lets not mention the voice acting Otherwise, a nice film

I think the Marauder gear in the CGI movie seems to look somewhat in that direction Otherwise, I totally get what you mean. A oversized landmate type setup would be neat. Interesting point though, that that Gorilla look has indeed been met (without going overboard IMO) in the 1988 OVA. For my tastes, I think it does the "enlarged cranium bit while marrying it with general tank/hardsuit proportions to humanise the design" thing well enough for my tastes!

I think the OVA was the closest to the real thing. Still, it was pretty far with the machine guns and stuff like that.

Some time ago some guy wanted to make miniatures based on the original Heinlein's idea.It turned into a 80+ page thread on miniature manufacturer's forum:[link]It still isn't going into production after two years, though.

The worst thing to me is that there will never be official true-to-the novel anything since the Hollywood has hijacked the name and turned it into its franchise.Even most of ST fanart on DA is based on the movie.

Well, sad as it is, it doesn't mean we won't ever see truer-to-Heinlein interpretations of the gear. With advances in CGI, anythings possible with relatively reduced budgets of today. Do check out [link] I just watched it today. The passion to reimagine it is there... just that the corporate interest isn't.

Well, the problem is that ST is an "established franchise", addition of full Heinlein's suits would completely destroy the "ST feel".Beam weapons and lots of nukes and explosives, would kill the whole "puny carbines vs. armoured bugs" thing.